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Originally Posted by Bill8
so the theoretical problem is - are we a society that expects our old people to go begging for help? begging to churches, begging to the government, begging to family, begging to strangers?
why didn't the church, if it was so good, find that old woman in trouble and help her, without her begging?
is it the begging that we want? would the begging have made the church feel better about itself? are we a society that now needs to be begged to do something kind?
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would it have been begging if she would have gone to a bank and got a loan? almost everyone who owns a house has a mortgage why would it have been a big deal for her to have a mortgage too. she was 85 years old, had no money but owned her house outright. then she easily could have fixed her problem, the money she would have got from a loan could have paid all of her utilities, taxes and loan payment for the rest of her life. it's not like she is going to live much longer anyways, she is already 85. problem solved. lots of old people do reverse mortgages too. smart people solve problems, ignorant people make excuses and feel sorry for others.